Conventional steel and concrete has been replaced with basalt reinforcement and low carbon concretes for the construction of new guidewall on the London Tunnels section of High Speed 2 (HS2).
Believed to be a UK first, the new guidewall has led to a reduction in embodied carbon of more than 50%.…
The Dartford Crossing will close for one night this weekend as part of an extensive maintenance programme ahead of the winter period.
The Queen Elizabeth II bridge, A282 Dartford-Thurrock river crossing will be closed overnight from 10:00pm Saturday 10 December until 10:00am Sunday 11 December 2022. The east tunnel will also…
Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) must set a course for net zero carbon or it won’t be built, according to one of National Highways leaders on the project.
National Highways has designated the new 23km road, which will feature the country’s longest road tunnel, as a carbon neutral construction “pathfinder” project. This…
Teams working on the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade and Tideway feature among the winners of NCE's Tunnelling Awards.
The awards were held last night, following NCE’s daytime Tunnelling Festival in London. Tunnelling Team of the Year was awarded to Dragados and Transport for London for the Bank Upgrade, while Tunnelling Project…
If you’re planning any kind of construction, remediation or alteration project, then chances are you’ll need to carry out a geotechnical site investigation well in advance.
A thorough investigation looks into the subsurface conditions of the intended site, identifying its specific properties prior to the project’s execution. From how much…
Suicide rates in the English and Welsh construction industries have risen from 26 per 100,000 in employment in 2017 to 34 per 100,000 in 2021.
Billy Hare, a professor at Glasgow Caledonian University, has said that the suicide rate for construction occupations in England and Wales is at an all-time high.…
The secondary lining on the 7km western section of London’s super sewer has been completed, marking a significant milestone for the Tideway project.
The secondary lining works in the western section started in March 2021 and have required more than 800 individual concrete pours to make the journey from Acton to…
National Highways is seeking to procure a contractor to provide safe and effective incident management and potential protest management response for its A303 Stonehenge Tunnel project.
The roads operator is looking to build a 3.3km tunnel beneath the Unesco world heritage site as part of its 12.8km dualling of the A303…
A homeowner on the Isle of Wight has submitted plans for a 15m tunnel to link their basement to a lookout point on cliffs above Sandown Bay.
The applicant, referred to as Mr R Dance, is seeking consent to extend an existing 8m-long passageway that leads to the small viewing platform…
National Highways is monitoring the Lower Thames Crossing and A303 Stonehenge Tunnel projects due to “value for money issues” as costs for both projects continue to rise.
The revelations come in the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report into the progress of the second road investment strategy (RIS2), which says that the…
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